Analysis: An epidemic of political relevance deprivation February 6, 2023 Liz Truss’s 4,000 word essay, Matt Hancock ironing a tie and Boris Johnson’s American ambitions. Comment & Features Editor Sascha O’Sullivan on the politicians desperately clinging on to relevance.
The world’s favourite airline? It’s certainly not British Airways anymore February 6, 2023 British Airways is getting its comms wrong. Banning pilots and hostesses from posting on social media while they work shows the airline prioritises money over its employees, writes Eliot Wilson
Women looking out for Gen Z at work are being burnt out by being a ‘Team Mum’ February 6, 2023 Workplace politics has changed over the last few years, but the Team Mum’s are still there and looking out for Generation Z, writes Eliza Filby.
It’s true, Paris isn’t far behind London but we can still win the race to be the top city February 6, 2023 Since Brexit, Londoners have feared the moment Paris would overtake the city for the crown of financial services, but we can still keep our advantage if we compete with France’s regulatory environment, writes Chris Hayward.
Explainer: British Gas and other energy firms under the spotlight for prepayment meters February 3, 2023 This measure is considered a “last resort”, but it was found to be used routinely. Arvato, the contractor used by British Gas, incentivised its debt collectors to force-fit the meters through bonuses. Energy companies apply to magistrates’ courts to get the warrants they need to force entry into homes. The number of these warrants rose [...]
Three years on from Brexit, it’s time for the UK and the EU to find a way to get along February 3, 2023 Three years on from Brexit, and the UK and Europe are still arguing over the Northern Ireland Protocol and failing to build up any goodwill. This will damage both sides in a fragile economy instead of building up our financial links, writes Nicolas Mackel.
The big boys of the housing sector can’t be the only developers we rely on February 3, 2023 New housing policy from Westminster has been pretty much non-existent, but the market itself can enable more new homes to be built by looking outside of the top developers, writes Phil Hooper.
We need to fill the gap left by the demise of Tech Nation and quickly February 3, 2023 Tech Nation was a body with the explicit mission of driving tech investment and talent into the UK, but the government has pulled funding only days after saying they want the UK to be the next ’Silicon Valley’, writes Nigel Vaz.
Explainer: A year of levelling up, in Gove’s style February 2, 2023 I know it’s hard to believe, but it has been a whole year since we were privileged enough to read Michael Gove’s magnum opus on “levelling up”, complete with his adoration of Renaissance Florence. You might think the anniversary of the White Paper is uninteresting to few people outside some policy nerds and civil servants, [...]
Crypto evangelicals and the collapse of FTX are the reason we need to regulate February 2, 2023 You only have to look back as far as last year where we saw the high-profile collapse of the crypto exchange FTX, or indeed the collapse of the supposed stablecoin Terra (Luna).